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(NoMo'deL) I H. B. WILLIAMS. RECORDING MECHANISM FOR WATER METERS.

No. 447,594.- Patented Mar. 3. 1891. if Z ewes. I 7 i) I k [L I HENRY B.\VILLIAMS, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEMUEL A.JEFFREYS, OF SAME PLACE.

RECORDING MECHANISM FOR WATER-METERS.

S?ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 447,594, dated March 3,1891.

I Application filed February 25, 1890- Serial No. 341,746. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY B. \VILLIAMS, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Recording Mechanisms for Water-Meters; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this specirofication.

My improvement relates to water-meters in which a weighted arm is raisedby the pressure of the water acting against a valve inside thereceiving-chamber. To the arm is at- I 5 tached a stylus or pencilresting in contact with a ribbon that receives progressive movement byclock-work. The ribbon is lined both longitudinally and transversely,the longitudinal lines indicating increasing quantities 2c of the liquidfrom bottom to top, and the transverse lines indicating time in hoursand subdivisions of the passage of the ribbon. An electrical attachmentis also employed for stopping the running of the clock when the z 5water is not flowing.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partially in section, ofthe meter audits attachments. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionin line x as ofFig. 1.

o Aindicates the receiving-chamber provided with inlet-pipe l3 andoutlet-pipe O, the latter provided with a faucet or cook D, by which theflow of water is controlled.

E is swinging valve located crosswise of the chamber and resting in itsvertical and closed position against an abutment a. lVhen the faucet orcock is opened, the pressure behind the valve causes the latter to swingopen and allows the water to flow around the valve and escape. Thegreater the pressure of water the greater will be the opening of thevalve.

F is an arm rigidly secured to the axis of the valve outside thechamber. This arm is provided with a sliding weight G, which can beadjusted out or in to produce more or less resistance to the opening ofthe valve.

H is an arm attached to lever F and provided with a stylus or pencilpoint Z).

I is a flexible ribbon or band wound upon two drums K L, the axis 0 ofthe latter drum being provided with atorsion-spring d, whose tendency isto wind it up, and therefore un wind the ribbon from the other drum,which runs free. These drums are located at such distance apart as toleave a straight length f of the ribbon of considerable extent betweenthem. The face of the ribbon is marked with a series of longitudinalparallel lines g g g and a series of transverse lines 7L -h h, as

shown. The stylus b rests over the face of the ribbon and in contacttherewith, so that as the ribbon is moved longitudinally the pencil willmake a mark thereon.

J is aclock of ordinary construction located above the ribbon, and M isa small spindle provided at one end with a gear-wheel i, that engageswith a gear 7c of the clock, and at the other end with spur-wheelsl 1,that bear upon the face of the ribbon and against a back plate at of thesupporting-frame to regulate the feed of the ribbon.

N is an eleetro-magnet located opposite the clock, and 0 an armatureattached to an arm P, which enters the clock and rests opposite thebalance-wheel n of the same. The arm is forced in by a spring 0, and inthis position it crosses the rim of the balance-wheel, and the latter isprovided with a projecting pin 1), which strikes the arm, thus stoppingthe clock. It rests in this condition when the electrical circuit isopen. When the circuit is closed the magnetis charged, the armaturedrawn back, and with it the arm P, and the clock is then free to run.

0" is a fixed electrode attached to the arm H by a stem 1' and moving upand down with said arm.

5 is another electrode attached to a stems, pivoted at its opposite endto some fixed support and capable of swinging up and down, being stoppedin the down movement by a pin to under the stem. When the valve E isclosed and the lever F lowered, as shown in full lines, Fig. 1, theelectrodes are separated, the circuit is broken, and the clock is then 5stopped. lVhen the valve is swung out and the lever raised, the circuitis closed and the clock then runs. This occurs only when the water isbeing drawn through the meter by the opening of the faucet.

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The operation is as follows: The faucet being opened to allow the flowof water, the circuit is closed, and the clock, operating through thespur-wheels Z Z, allows the ribbon to feed forward and be wound up onthe spring-drum L, the stylus h at the same time making a longitudinalmark on the ribbon to the extent to which the ribbon is moved. hen thefaucet is closed, the valve drops back to its original position, thecircuit is broken,the clock is stopped, and the ribbon ceases motion.The stylus therefore makes a continuous longitudinal mark, but atintervals corresponding with the opening of the faucet. The amount ofwater which passes through the meter is measured by the mark upon theribbon, a given quantity running through in a given time, and this timebeing measured by the cross-marks on the ribbon. The greater thepressure from the main behind the valve the greater will be the openingof the valve, and consequently the greater will be the flow of thewater. The greater the movement of the valve the higher will be the riseof the stylus over the ribbon. The longitudinal lines g g g on theribbon indicate different quantities of water, increasing from a lowerto a higher denomination as they go up, and consequently as the stylusrises under heavier pressure it tallies with a line of a higherdenomination, and follows this so long as the pressure remains the same.

Having described my invention, I do not claim a moving ribbon and apencil-point registering therewith.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In awater-meter, the combination of the receiving-chamberA, the pivotedvalve E, the weighted lever F, the arm H, attached to the lever andcarrying a pencil, the traveling ribbon I, the clock J, provided with aspindle M,

which gives motion to the ribbon, the electromagnet N, armature O, andarm P, which engages with the balance-wheel of the clock, and theelectrodes r 5, one attached to lever F and the other to chamber A, asshown and described, and for the purpose specified.

2. In a water-meter, the combination, with the valve-lever F and clock.I, of the electromagnet N, armature 0, arm P,fixed elect-rode r, andswinging electrode 5, arranged to operate in the manner and for thepurpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ll. 11. \VILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

R. F. Oseoon, A. B. PARKER.

